Are You Passionate?

Are You Passionate? is the 24th studio album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, his only album to feature Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and his eighth with Crazy Horse, released on April 9, 2002 as a double LP and as a single CD. It represents Young's foray into soul music, not sounding like anything he had previously released. Exceptions are rocker "Goin' Home", recorded with Crazy Horse, and the brooding "Let's Roll", a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The album ends with "She's a Healer", an extended jam.

Are You Passionate?
Studio album by
Neil Young and Booker T. & the M.G.'s
ReleasedApril 9, 2002
RecordedFebruary 8, 2001 - December 5, 2001
GenreRock, soul
Length65:46
LabelReprise
Producer
Neil Young and Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
Road Rock Vol. 1
(2000)		 Are You Passionate?
(2002)		 Greendale
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
E! OnlineB+[4]
Neumu3/10[5]
Pitchfork7.5/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

Critical reception

Are You Passionate? was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 54 based on 17 reviews.[1]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "Instead of sounding like a refreshing change of pace, it's a muddled, aimless affair from an artist who's had too many middling efforts over the last decade."[2] At The Austin Chronicle, Raoul Hernandez admitted the "songs are too long, too slow, and they all sound the same."[3] Billboard called it the "great next step in Young's career but also the best album he could have issued right now."[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Young

Are You Passionate track listing
No.TitleLength
1."You're My Girl"4:43
2."Mr. Disappointment"5:24
3."Differently"6:03
4."Quit (Don't Say You Love Me)"6:03
5."Let's Roll"5:53
6."Are You Passionate?"5:11
7."Goin' Home"8:47
8."When I Hold You in My Arms"4:43
9."Be With You"3:34
10."Two Old Friends"6:15
11."She's a Healer"9:10

The track "Gateway of Love" is listed on the back cover, but not included on the album. The song wasn't released until 2022 on the Toast album, but was played in concert with Crazy Horse during 28 of 29 dates of their European tour in 2001.[9] A bootleg recording of the performance at Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam (July 24, 2001) exists in which the song runs 8:36 minutes.

Personnel

Except "Goin' Home" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse):

Charts
Chart performance for Are You Passionate?
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 41
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 46
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 11
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 24
US Billboard 200[26] 10

References
  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Are You Passionate? - Neil Young | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. Hernandez, Raoul (July 5, 2002). "The Austin Chronicle Review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. "E! Online Review". E! Online. Archived from the original on December 27, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. DeGama, Ryan. "Neume Review". Neumu. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. Mitchum, Rob (April 9, 2002). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  7. Kot, Greg (March 11, 2002). "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. "Billboard Review". Billboard. March 30, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  9. All known performances of the song Gateway of love on www.sugarmtn.org. Retrieved 2017-10-15. - the song hasn't been played after 2001.
  10. "Australiancharts.com – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  11. "Austriancharts.at – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  14. "Danishcharts.dk – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  15. "Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  16. "Neil Young: Are You Passionate?" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  17. "Lescharts.com – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  18. "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  19. "Italiancharts.com – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  20. "Charts.nz – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  21. "Norwegiancharts.com – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  22. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  23. "Swedishcharts.com – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  24. "Swisscharts.com – Neil Young – Are You Passionate?". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  25. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  26. "Neil Young Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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